House Passes FY21 Spending Bill with Significant Increases for Affordable Housing and Community Development Programs
The House passed by a vote of 217-197 a package of six spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2021 on July 31, including the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill.…
Take Action: Submit Comments to Oppose HUD’s Anti-Transgender Change to Equal Access Rule
HUD has published its anti-transgender change to the Equal Access Rule in the Federal Register. Submit comments to HUD to oppose this harmful proposal that would remove protections against…
Trump Administration Eliminates Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, NLIHC and other Advocates Condemn Action, Rhetoric
The Trump Administration abruptly issued its final rule, “Preserving Community and Housing Choice,” which repeals 2015 regulations implementing the statutory obligation to “affirmatively further fair…
HUD Publishes Proposed Anti-Transgender Rule in the Federal Register
HUD published proposed anti-transgender changes to the Equal Access Rule in the Federal Register on July 23. This proposed rule change would weaken protections for transgender individuals…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) Posts CDBG-CV Fact Sheet
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted long-awaited guidance for using $5 billion supplemental Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds (called CDBG-CV) appropriated by…
HUD HOME Program Posts Sample Annual Income Self-Certification Form
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) posted “Sample Self-Certification of Annual Income Form.” The sample form may be used by HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating…
HUD Extends Mortgage Forbearance and Tenant Eviction Protections at Properties with HUD-Insured or HUD-Held Mortgages
HUD’s Office of Housing issued Notice H 20-07 “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Eviction Moratorium” on July 1. The notice announces the ability of owners of HUD-insured or…
HUD PIH Posts Updated Waiver Notice
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-13, REV1 on July 6. This notice restates the waivers in Notice PIH 2020-05 dated April 10 (see Memo, 4/13) and introduces six…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s July 6 National Call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness”
NLIHC’s most recent national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on July 6. The call addressed the most recent developments in Congress related to the next coronavirus relief…
HUD Study Finds Public Housing Agencies’ Moving-to-Work Status Does Not Affect Cost Per Household
HUD released a new study, The Impact of the Moving to Work Demonstration on the Per Household Costs of Federal Housing Assistance, that assesses the impact of the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Housing and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (June 22) national call on coronavirus, housing and homelessness at 2:30 - 4 pm ET to hear from our guest speaker, Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American…